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*****VIDEOS***** => *****VIDEOS***** => Topic started by: magicniner on April 01, 2014, 05:19:01 AM
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I've finally got the Ebay Cheap Chinese 4th up and running with the help of a compatible driver board from Routout CNC, this video shows some testing for a part I'm currently manually machining, two sides have been faced, the compound curved section has been roughed out with a 6mm 2 flute endmill and part of the first pass with a 6mm 2 flute ball end mill is shown.
(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/magicniner/th_IMG_0045_zps74956f38.jpg) (http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q158/magicniner/IMG_0045_zps74956f38.mp4)
I now have to machine a permanent plate for the 4th axis & it's tailstock with eccentric buttons underneath to fit the table slots for axis alignment and Y position plus one for X position.
Apologies for the ropey camera work, also the video quality was far better before uploading to Photobucket :-\
- Nick
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Its not really doing any 4th Axis work though.
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Facing 2 sides and roughing the curve were carried out as indexed paths, at -90, +90 and 0
On the path cutting in the video there is A-Axis movement but the video from my phone didn't show it very well, it's only a little but then all that's necessary on a longitudinal path like that is to keep the ball end cutter optimally presented to the work.
In short, yes it is ;-)
Regards,
Nick